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Joe Biden Backs Two Proposals to Increase Education Funding in 2020 Swing State

Biden's campaign announced March 31 that the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate backs two local attempts to raise more tax revenue for schools.




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Showdown in California Over Proposed Charter School Curbs

Lawmakers are considering legislation that would put limits on the state’s charter school sector and give districts broader discretion to deny applications.




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Hawaii Teachers Latest to Join Wave of Protests Over Funding

Hawaii teachers have joined the Red for Ed movement: Last week, dozens of teachers across the state staged a "walk-in" protest to spread awareness about what they see as a lack of funding for public schools.




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Hawaii Lawmakers Propose Legislation to Create Housing Vouchers for Teachers

Two proposed bills are intended to create a housing-voucher program for full-time teachers employed by the Hawaii education department or at public charter schools.




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Hawaii unions push back at governor's salary cut proposal




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New Jersey Postpones PARCC Exam After Technical Problems

New Jersey is one of many states that have experienced problems with the online administering of standardized testing this year.




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School buses provide wi-fi internet for students at home




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Arkansas Provides K-12 Districts With Volunteer IT Team to Fight Cyber Attacks

The Arkansas Department of Education will now provide on-site help for schools and districts in the state that are experiencing cybersecurity incidents.




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Arkansas panel approves charter school campus




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Rhode Island to Promote Blended Learning Through Nonprofit Partnership

The Rhode Island Department of Education and the nonprofit Learning Accelerator are teaming to develop a strategic plan and a communications strategy aimed at expanding blended learning.




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R.I. Proposal Would Provide More School Choice, With Some Restrictions

Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo proposes to allow traditional public schools to be free of certain regulations, including opening up enrollment outside their neighborhoods.




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Connecticut Provides Resources to Ease Transition to Kindergarten

These tools encourage school administrators to gather as much information as possible about the students who will be entering kindergarten and the early-learning offerings in their communities.




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Two More Statewide Teacher Protests Are on the Horizon

Teachers in North Carolina and Oregon plan to walk out of their classrooms in protest in May.




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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Oregon District's Pro-Transgender 'Safety Plan'

A federal appeals court rejected a multi-pronged challenge to a school district plan allowing transgender students to use restrooms and other facilities that match their gender identity.




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Reimagining Professional Learning in Delaware

Stephanie Hirsh recently visited several schools in Delaware to see first-hand the impact of the state's redesigned professional learning system.




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NFL wants college football to proceed (but if not would likely move games to Saturdays)

The NFL is indeed discussing the possibility of playing games on Saturdays in the event that college football doesn't proceed with a season from September through December. As one source with direct knowledge of the discussions tells PFT, however, the league's strong preference is for college football to happen, as scheduled. No college football season [more]




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Improvement under new coaches is wide-ranging

In 2018, the programs with new coaches had a combined .433 winning percentage (120-157), up from .416 (117-164) a year earlier. Four schools won or shared conference titles and made the postseason - ETSU (under Randy Sanders), UIW (Eric Morris), North Carolina A&T (Sam Washington) and Wofford (Josh Conklin). The winning percentage at schools with new coaches was .448 (137-169), up from .444 (123-154) in 2018, with a decline in record at 13 schools and a better one at the other 12.




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While off the field, FCS programs connect with the famous

Only to follow it up by getting advice from Jimmy Garoppolo, the San Francisco 49ers' starting quarterback in last season's Super Bowl. Eastern Illinois coaches and players have enjoyed those opportunities recently, while also getting the chance to connect with a plethora of other famous alumni from its football program. Similar experiences are occurring across FCS college football.




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University of Pittsburgh coaches, city's pro teams donate $800K toward coronavirus vaccine research

The university’s Center for Vaccine Research is working to create a coronavirus vaccine.




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Child Protection Systems Royal Commission progress report September 2019 : safe and well, supporting families, protecting children / Department for Child Protection.




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Knowledge sharing for the development of learning resources : theory, method, process and application for schools, communities and the workplace : a UNESCO-PNIEVE resource / by John E. Harrington, Professor Emeritis.

The Knowledge Sharing for the Development of Learning Resources tutorial provides a professional step forward, a learning experience that leads to recognition that your leadership is well founded as well as ensuring that participants in the development of learning resources recognize they are contributing to an exceptional achievement.




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Building confidence in enrolling learners with disability for providers of education and training / ACPET, NDCO.




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Safe and well : supporting families, protecting children : the Government of South Australia's strategy for keeping families and children safe and well / Department for Child Protection.

'"Safe and well" outlines the actions the Government of South Australia is taking to support families at risk of entering the child protection system, protect children from harm when they come into care, and invest in young people to leave care with opportunities for a bright future.




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Applications for advice and directions : what can Section 69 of the Administration & Probate Act do for you? / presented by Melissa Yule, Adelta Legal..




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General protection orders / presented by Rick Manuel, Barrister.




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Confiscation of assets : criminal asset confiscation proceedings for criminal lawyers : advice and negotiation / presented by Casey Isaacs, Caldicott Lawyers.




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General guidance on dealing with probate applications and also difficult applications (probate and intestacy) and more / presented by Gaetano Aiello, Treloar & Treloar.




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To make terms of compromise a rule of Court or not? That is the question : an analysis of the options available to settle estate matters / presended by Christina Flourentzou, Supreme Court of South Australia..




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PPSA update (Family Law) / presented by Associate Professor David Brown, University of Adelaide.




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Orange-bellied parrot habitat restoration and management project : draft final report / prepared by Lauren Barrow (King Island Natural Resource Management Group Inc.).

"This report is the final report for the Orange-bellied Parrot Habitat Management and Restoration Project carried out on King Island. The report relates to the activity period starting 30th of June 2007 and finishing on the 25th of May 2008."--Introduction.




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Inactive Actions: The consequences if actions are placed in the inactive cases list and are not removed, establishment of “Special Reasons”, and the moratorium of steps procedure.




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Trusts Without Property.




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Wills and Estates Family Provision and Contested Probate Case Update.




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Social Media and Promoting Your Law Practice.




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Setting Aside Judgements and Enforcement Processes : The Defendant’s Guide.




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Recommendation on the accreditation of the proposed Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges Water Resource Plan.




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Water resource plan assessment report : proposed Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges Water Resource Plan.




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Recommendation on the accreditation of the proposed South Australian River Murray Water Resource Plan.




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Water resource plan assessment report : proposed South Australian River Murray Water Resource Plan.




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DEW Public Interest Disclosure Procedure December 2019.




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Probate/Wills and Estates.




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Forum 2019 : 2C: Inheritance (Family Provision) Act claims / paper presented by Melisa Yule, Adelta Legal.




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Forum 2019 : 3C Lessons for practitioners from 5 years as Commissioner : slides / presented by Greg May, Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner.




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Forum 2019 : 3D The keys to profit and cash flow improvement : slides / presented by Mathew Schlyder, Director, FWO Chartered Accountants.




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Forum 2019 : 4A Transform your business culture with a 'meta' skill... : one that improves all other skills : slides / presented by Tomas Jajesnica, Mr Meditate.




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Forum 2019 : 7B Privilege : recent developments as to privilege self: incrimination and stay of civil proceedings, privilege over investigative reports and privilege over instructions to experts / paper presented by Alex Lazarevich, Anthony Mason Chambers




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Forum 2019 : 10B due diligence pressure points : personnel, privacy and proprietary data / sliides presented by Cam Steele, Jessica Nicholls and Daniel Kiley, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers.




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Forum 2019 : 10C Pre CGT property - or is it? / [a[er presented by Julie van der Velde, VdV Legal.




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Lawyers' protocols for dealing with Aboriginal clients in Souith Australia / The Law Society of South Australia.

"This document is an adaptation by the Law Society of South Australia of the document entitled 'Indigenous Protocols for Lawyers in the Northern Territory' second edition 2015. The Law Society of South Australia acknowledges the primacy of the Northern Territory document and states that the adaptations that it has made to that document are an attempt to modify the original text to make it more suitable to South Australian conditions" -- page 3.




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Obligations of executors to potential family provision claimants / paper presented by The Hon. Justice Samuel Doyle, Supreme Court of South Australia.